Necktie



July 21, 1931. q. M. MARIN ETAL 1,815,675

NECKTIE Filed June 8, 1929 In ventons 14)? (7 2? S; BlaZens A tidmey f $9 of a retainer constructedinaccordance with trated in Figure 5.

. lustrating anadvance stage of construction. The scarf or tie A has its knot portion disv to its association with the tie or scarf. 7 tion of an ordinary tieknotted about the neck; the 1 e t 211m is 15,815,675

i aosnr i Marartin Ann DAEsY S; Emm -(semen crrY, NEW JERSEY I ,nnoKriE Application filed miles, "1929. Serial No. 369,313. r

i This invention rel-ates'to neckties, and has; Figureh is a side elevation of a convention- 7 reference to a retainer or support for the deal, collar button, suitable for use with the vice whereby the necktie may be retained in type of cooperative fastening means ofthe v place'with respect to a laydown collar withtie to be associated therewith, in accordance 5 out training the neckband. portion of the tie with the preferred embodiment *of the in- I l'aetween the folds'of the-collar; a I vention. i i Another very important object of the in- With reference more in detail to the drawvention is the provision of a retainer of the ings, attention is first directed to Figures? class: described which" will greatly enhance 4;, and Swherein we will follow the different the, appearance of the-tie, will retain the tie stages incidental to the construction of the in a neat positionwith respect to the collar, improved retainer. As illustrated in Figure will permit of ease andrapidity in placing the 8 the retainer is preferably formed from an tie in position 'Withrespect to thecollar when elongated piece of fabric, of any material of the. former is, to be worn, and which will suitable stiffness, but preferably ofbuckram 31:3 1 id i th fol ng-atipnof the life of the as indicated at 5, since in practice it has been 3 necktie. i

' found that buckram possesses thedesiredre- Ai'still. further and salient feature ofthis' silientstiffness desired in r tainers iised'in I invention is the provision of adevice of this this manner; is illustrated then the retainer nature, which is simple in construction, can 5 formed of buckram is socut and shaped I beeasilyapplied either to the conventional from the material'asto beof substantiallytritie whether it be ofthe four in handcor' bow angular formation; The elongated edgeffi; type, said device being also capable of use and the edges f77 at opposite ends of the in conjunction withmade upties, will'preretainer; terminate in the squaredends 8i V sent a neat attractive appearance, practicable, it is to be noted that along its marginal edge efiicient and otherwise well adapted for the the retainer is stitched as at 9,thus enhancing i a purpose designed, I Y the stiffening quality of the material'forming 7 Other objectsand advantage'sof the inventhe said retainer. At its widest point, that tionwill'becomeapparentduringa study of is at a point intermediate its ends therethe following description, takencin connec tainer isfolded inwardly and over upon it- 39 tion with the accompanying drawings, where self as at, 11 so as to assume a substantially p in: i W I I i V-shaped configuration embodying the out a Figure ,1 is a front View f a'tie or scarf \vardly diverging arms 12-12. Having thus showing the application of the invention attained-the simulation of aV, the same'as v thereto. I its outer edge and at the apex thereof-has 'f 5 c Figure 2' is rear view thereof, and ilaportion of the "iaterial cut therefrom so as' 3:;

lustrating the means whereby the tie is held to provide the straight edged portion 13. in proper position through the cooperation Theret-ainer 5 is covered with material from of the'collar button; I which the tie is made vto provide a pocket Figure 3 is adiagrammatic or plan view or sheath Ll for the retainer as clearly illus no this invention, and at thefirst stage of'its, Attention is now directed to Eiguresl and y 7 construction. r I V '2, wherein is illustrated a tie or scarf desig I I Figure 4i is angelevation of the retainer, '11- natedgenerally by the reference character A.

Figure 5 is view sim'lar'toi Figure 4; posed about the retainer at the apex thereof 05 jshowing the retainerencas'edor covered by and knotted'inasuitable'manner as at15 so suitable material,the material conforming to as to permitthei'apron portions 16 and 17, the material of the'scarf or tie, saidretainer respectively, of the tie to depend from; the n being "atits final stage of construction prior retainer in a suitablemanner'and in simulasuitably popreferable to i stitch the knot portions of the tie rearwardly pressed onto the head 21 of the collar venience. to the wearer it is also of the knot as at 18. For the'sake of con shorten the length of the tie A either after ing of the tie upon the apron portion 16 of or prior to the positionthe retainer, and then stitching or otherwise securing the depending extremity of the said apron 16 to the apron 17 as at 19. It is of course to be understood that the apron portion '16 is that part of the tie which is hidden behind the front apron 17,v

thus this manner of assembly just mentioned will present no undesirable feature to the tie as would render it undesirable for wear, but rather would prove an added advantage, since such permits that merely one apron extending in front of the wearer presenting a natty and ressy appearance, which is not always the case when the rear apron of the tie hangs loosely as in the ordinary manner. To the rear of the knot 15 of the tie or scarf A, and especially in adapting the invention to a ready .made neck tie there is provided an auxiliary fastening element fixed to the knot by stitching or in any other preferred or desired manner. This fastening element is in the nature of a socket and is designated generally by the reference character 20, (see Figure 2). Thus it will be seen that the socket 20 is exposed to the back of the tie and the said socket is adapted to receive the ball-like head 21 of a conventional collar button 22.

Inpractice then it will be seen that the tie preferable to e stain changes fully often causes the soiling of the .tie .by one;

hands, especially this being the case in warm weather. i 7

Even though we have shown the preferred mbodi'ment of my invention, it is to be understoodthat the same is susceptible to cercomprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described, and thescope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is V l I As a new article of manufacture, a necktie retainer formed from a single blank of resilient material having an intermediate portion folded upon itself to provide a substantial V- including' a pair of diverging arm portions, the folded portions of said blankbeing cut longitudinally adjacent one edge of the blank wvhereby to provide a substantially truncated apex for said V,sa1d arm portions of said retainer adapted to be disposed beneath the wings of a collar,and the truncated apcxof said member adapted to accommodate the knotted portion of a necktie for retaining the latter in a; supported position from said retainer. s

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

JOSEPH M. I. MARIN. DAISY S. RUBENS.

scribed may be conveniently with and easily worn extend beneath the usual flap of a collar (not shown), so as to position'the tie in proper relation to the collarand permit ofthe' socket 20 to be button any. type oflay-down collar, the wings V s or legs 12-of the-retainer will 22 whereby obviously the knot 15 of the tie will remain in its proper position while the tie is being worn,

thus ever presenting a neat and attractive appearance.

. tion, when worn Obviously when the socket and collar button are engaged as before mentioned, the tie is secure-against any tendency to displace-v v nient, except when the same is pulled forwardly or outwardly,

such occurring in most instances when intentional by the wearer for removing the necktie. v

vFrom the foregoing then it will begseen that a tie embodying the features of "construction'as illustrated in the present invenin position will be 'maintained therein and that such is not likely to ecome soiled which is often the case when the tie is disposed about the collar and knot.-

. ted in position ateach wearing, the knot often slipping and becomingdisarranged, thus necessitating the handling of the tie for reposie tioning the same in its'proper place, which 1 i 

